Debating the Socialist Legacy and Capitalist Globalization in China

1. Introduction
Ban Wang, Xueping Zhong

Part I. Rethinking Socialism, Literature, and Culture

2. Shanghai as a Socialist City and Spatial Reproduction
Luo Gang, Li Yun

3. One Village and One Novel
He Jixian, Lu Taiguang

4. Gender Politics and the Crisis of Socialist Aesthetics
Mao Jian

5. The Crisis of Socialism and Efforts to Overcome It
Cai Xiang

Part II. Critical Reflection on Literature and Culture since the Reform

6. Mythification of the Reform-Era History
Liu Fusheng

7. Genealogy and Ideology of the Avant-Garde Fiction
He Guimei

8. Eight Key Terms in Literary Criticism
Cao Zhenglu

9. Enjoyment: A New Experiment on Surrealist Writing
Li Tuo, Yan Lianke

Part III. Debating the Rise of “New Left” Culture and “Subaltern Literature” in the Reform Era

10. The Rise of “Subaltern Literature” In the Twenty-First Century
Li Yunlei

11. A Difficult Breakthrough
Nan Fan

12.
Che Guevara: Notes On The Play, Its Production, and Reception
Huang Jisu

Part IV. People’s Literature and Culture: From Past to Future

13.
The White-Haired Girl: Limitations and Potentials of the New Interpretation
He Jixian

14. Subjective Identity, Revolutionary Consciousness, and People’s Literature
Zhang Hong

15. People’s Literature
Kuang Xinnian

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, Asian Politics, Asian Culture, Political Economy, Asian Literature, Political Science, History of China